The newest version of Operations Manager automatically maps virtual machines to the underlying storage systems, which in turn provide metrics, including IOPS, disk capacity and CPU usage. Those metrics are displayed through a control panel; Operations Manager can continuously make recommendations regarding workload placement, sizing volumes and allocating disk space. Users can also choose to enable automation of those recommendations so workloads are moved based on changing CPU usage, capacity demand or other metrics.

Judges ranked VMTurbo close behind EMC ViPR, giving it the highest markings for innovation, functionality and ease of use, with one judge calling it “the most innovative product on the list.”

At Turbonomic Ben ensures we continue to deliver unique value in our customers' hybrid cloud environments. He decided to join Turbonomic after spending too much time watching dev blame ops and ops blame dev while users still did not get the experience they wanted. Ben has over 15 year of experience in the enterprise software space first as developer and later as a product manager.